As Maxwell stood in front of the dragon statue in the dragon temple, beside him stood Alice, both wearing wedding attire. The priest stood in front of them, just a foot away, muttering his chants. This process had been going on for four hours now, and they had to sit through some rituals and listen to the priest perform the ceremony. Finally, they reached the last phase of the wedding, where they needed to take seven rounds around the dragon fire that had been lit with the help of some sacred materials. During these seven rounds, the groom and the bride had to take seven vows for each other, promising loyalty, happiness, and consideration for each other, among other things.
After the priest finished his chants, they took the seven rounds, and Maxwell could already see that both of them were irritated. Still, they followed the instructions as given by the priest. After that, the wedding was concluded, and both of them received the blessings of the guests and their family members. Then, they went to their chamber for the first night of their wedding.
As Maxwell and Alice entered the room, they looked at each other. Alice seemed determined, and Maxwell knew what was going to happen that night.
The next morning, both of them woke up and went to freshen up. After that, they scattered for some time. Alice went for a stroll in the garden, while Maxwell went to the meditation room to see what the system had unlocked.
Name – Maxwell Dragonheart
Tier – Mage Tier 3 and Warrior Tier 3
Bloodline - 9 strands of dragon blood
System Mall activated (#now you can go shopping)
After viewing his status screen, Maxwell came to understand that there was no improvement in his strength, but the system mall was activated. However, the information about his bloodline would only be unlocked after the child's birth. For now, he could go shopping with the funds he had.
"Finally, I can go shopping," Maxwell thought.
The system mall had a few shocking items, like revive potions and Immortal weapons Tier 11 and above, which should only be present in the upper realm. However, the prices were equally shocking, and Maxwell needed to spend around a billion or more GP (Gold Points), which he currently had zero of.
Maxwell realized that the conversion rate of GP was one GP equivalent to 100 gold points, and that gave him a slight heart attack. As a part of the royal family in the lower realm, resources were limited, and the yearly income of the kingdom was only about 100,000 gold coins. The average family needed a few thousand copper coins to sustain themselves.
"Well, I do have some savings currently. I possess around 1000 gold coins, which is equivalent to 10 GP. That's my savings for the last 10 years since the time I started receiving my allowance," Maxwell thought.
He couldn't help but curse at the system for being so greedy. With such high prices, how could he purchase anything? After some consideration, he decided he didn't need anything for the time being, as his strength would only increase after the birth of his child.
As he thought of his child, he asked the system to provide him with the details of Alice's bloodline.
"Alice has the bloodline of a divine squirrel. The squirrel was originally a mortal animal, but during a crisis faced by a god, the squirrel showed its willingness to help as much as possible with its meager strength. The god was impressed and stroked the squirrel with his three fingers, due to which the squirrel possessed divine bloodline," the system replied.
"How many strands of the bloodline does she possess?" Maxwell inquired.
"She possesses 8 strands of the bloodline, even though it's very impure, as the bloodline has been passed down for many generations. Still, it's quite effective. People with this bloodline are generally polite and helpful, and they have a good nature and some blessings of the world, like good luck," the system informed.
Maxwell was quite surprised to learn about such a bloodline that not only helped in cultivation but also gave good looks and good luck. On the other hand, he only had the dragon bloodline, which only gave him strength and good looks, but where was his good luck?
After that, Maxwell searched for something that would help improve the talent of his unborn child, so the system reward would be better. He wanted the bloodline of his child to be more talented, as the greater the bloodline, the better the reward from the system.
As he searched, a new list of items appeared, but he asked the system to show only those items within his budget. He didn't want to see things he couldn't afford and feel depressed about it.